Vancouver
ArtAndFeminism Edit-a-thon

When and Where
Date	Friday March 8, 2019 @ Emily Carr University of Art and Design & Saturday, March 9, 2019 @ Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery & Saturday, March 9, 2019 @ Western Front Society & Saturday March 16, 2019 @ Surrey Art Gallery
Time	12 - 5pm
City, Province	Vancouver, British Columbia

• Register: [Please Register Here]
• Event Date: Friday, March 8, 2019 @ Emily Carr University of Art and Design & Saturday, March 9, 2019 @ Belkin Art Gallery & Saturday March 9, 2019 @ Western Front Gallery & Saturday March 16, 2019 @ Surrey Art Gallery
• Time: 12 - 5pm
• Location: Emily Carr University of Art and Design & Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery & Western Front Society & Surrey Art Gallery
• Workshops: February 6, 12pm @ Audain Art Centre @ 6398 University Blvd, UBC Campus & February 23 @ 1pm @ Surrey Art Gallery
• Hosts: LadyBarbarella (talk), The Interior (talk), Simranpreet.A (talk)
• Cost: Free
• Childcare: Please email christine.donofrio@ubc.ca to confirm need
• Participants: No Wikipedia editing experience necessary; as needed throughout the event, tutoring will be provided for Wikipedia newcomers. Female editors are particularly encouraged to attend.
• Twitter Hashtag: #ArtAndFeminism
• Please bring a laptop with you!

Wikimedia’s gender trouble is well documented. While the reasons for the gender gap are up for debate, the practical effect of this disparity, however, is not. Content is skewed by the lack of female participation. This represents an alarming absence in an increasingly important repository of shared knowledge.

• No Wikipedia editing experience necessary.
• Workshops will be provided for Wikipedia newcomers both at the edit-a-thons, and special sessions before (see above).
• Female-identified editors are particularly encouraged to attend.
• This is a feminist event.

Art+Feminism is a rhizomatic campaign to improve coverage of women and the arts on Wikipedia and to encourage female editorship. Wikipedia's gender trouble is well documented. In a 2011 survey, Wikimedia found that less than 13% of its contributors are female. The reasons for the gender gap are up for debate: suggestions include leisure inequality, how gender socialization shapes public comportment, and the contentious nature of Wikipedia's talk pages. The practical effect of this disparity, however, is not. Content is skewed by the lack of female participation. Many articles on notable women in history and art are absent on Wikipedia. We invite people of all gender identities and expressions, particularly trans- and cis-gendered women, to address this absence by organizing in-person, communal updating of Wikipedia’s entries on art and feminism.

Vancouver will be hosting its fifth annual edit-a-thon at multiple locations. The Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery on the University of British Columbia campus, at Emily Carr University Library, The Western Front and Surrey Art Gallery will all hold events. Childcare will be provided free of charge by reservation, please contact the organizers for requests. We are committed to creating a safe space for all participants. This event is organized with support from the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, Wikimedia Foundation and through the Art+Feminism platform.

Below is a list of articles that would benefit from edits and expansion during the edit-a-thon.

As this is a Vancouver event, a Vancouver focus is suggested - but not required.

Feel free to add suggested pages to the lists below. See also: Wikipedia:Meetup/ArtAndFeminism/Tasks

Please sign your name next to an topic/artist/heading you are interested in updating or writing about.

Please feel free to add more suggestions, and please indicate if you are working on a page by putting your name next to it below.

• Access Gallery
• Artspeak Gallery
• In Visible Colours
• Malaspina Printmakers
• Rungh
• Surrey Art Gallery
• SAVAC